“Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible resemblance to reality.”
An Experiment in Criticism
(Published 10/13/1961)
Month: October 2013
FACT: October 13, 2013
On this day in 1961 An Experiment in Criticism was published; while a professional title by Lewis it is more readable than others.
FACT: October 12, 2013
A second edition of The Pilgrim’s Regress was published in October, 1935 by Sheed & Ward. The first publisher was J.M. Dent in 1933.
QUOTE: October 12, 2013
“What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.”
The Pilgrim’s Regress
(2nd Edition Published October 1935)
QUIZ: October 12, 2013
What essay did Lewis write with the title “red” in it that was first published this month in 1944?
RETRO: October 11th – 21st
Highlights for the middle third of October (11th – 21st) include: Premier of the first and second Narnia books, debut apologetic work, plus three other books published!
This period over the years for Lewis likely ranks as the most significant. Aslan was introduced and Lewis began to be recognized as a spokesperson for the Christian faith from the book that came out during this time in 1940 (more about that later). The Lion, the Witch and the
QUIZ: October 11, 2013
What character does Lewis give a name to that narrates his retelling of the story of Cupid and Psyche?
QUOTE: October 11, 2013
“The Christian rule is, ‘Either marriage, with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.’ Now this is so difficult and so contrary to our instincts, that obviously either Christianity is wrong or our sexual instinct, as it now is, has gone wrong.”
Sexual Morality
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/11/1942; Chapter Five from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
FACT: October 11, 2013
The fourth talk from the third BBC series, Sexual Morality was given today in 1942.
QUOTE: October 10, 2013
[Screwtape laments:] “If you try to make him explicitly and professedly proud of being a Christian, you will probably fail; the Enemy’s [God’s] warnings are too well known.”
The Screwtape Letters – XXIV – Spiritual Pride
(First published in The Guardian on 10/10/1941)